Long Beach stakes a claim to the bike-friendly elite

By Kevin Roderick | January 20, 2012 4:38 PM

Long Beach wants to be known as more a bicycle friendly city than Portland, Oregon — and even put its claim of two-wheeled superiority on the wall of city hall. Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and his web team check out the recent improvements: more than sharrows.



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